Two ransomware actors injected confusion into this week's cybersecurity news with scams, headfakes and likely outright fabrications. Update: Since we wrote this post, the second group that played head games with us last week (see below), Mogilevich, outright admitted it was a scammer, saying, “None of the databases
Privacy experts wary of FBI's access to push alerts, UnitedHealth confirms hack by ALPHV, Jack Teixeira to plead guilty, Widely-sold video doorbells rife with security flaws, Hackers stole sensitive military data from Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom, NTT CEO resigns following customer data theft report, Fulton Co. called
ALPHV claim of UnitedHealth attack appeared briefly, Epic Games and Ireland's DFA deny Mogilevich attacks, Millions of malicious repos hit GitHub, Lazarus Group exploited AppLocker drive flaw, Rhysida claims attack on children's hospital, Fake security warning hits 3D printers, Hackers target Calendly, Nearly $16 million stolen
Global law enforcement partners warn Russians are hacking Ubiquiti EdgeRouters, Pharma giant Cencora hit by cyber incident, OpenAI claims NYT 'hacked' its products, Ransomware newcomer claims hack of Epic Games, LockBit gives Fulton County new deadline, Feds warn of ALPHV attacks on healthcare, More groups exploit ScreenConnect flaws,
ALPHV responsible for attack on UnitedHealth, White House wants greater use of memory-safe programming languages, Commerce adds Sandvine to entity list, One Myanmar company has swindled $100 million in pig butchering scams, SubdoMailing ad fraud campaign sends five million emails daily, 17m LoanDepot customers' data stolen in attack, much
Attackers actively exploit ScreenConnect servers to deploy LockBit ransomware, Crypto wallets show LockBit received $125 million, RCMP copes with cyber event, MicroStrategy X account hacked to steal $440K in Bitcoin, Hackers stole $9.7m from Axie Infinity co-founder, Malicious JavaScript smuggled into Tornado Cash governance proposal, Facial recognition data collected
Leaked data shows gunshot detectors perpetuate biased policing practices, New satellites can zoom in on individuals, GPT-4 can hack websites without human help for under $10, Breach notifications laws don't decrease breaches, Neuberger says Iran has stopped attacking US water facilities, ElevenLabs is at the center of deepfake
Cyberattack on Change Healthcare causes nationwide prescription chaos, Media consultant charged with alleged Fox News hacks, Spyware attacks roil EU Parliament, New LockBit attacks detected after takedown, Russian Doppelgänger disinfo campaign uncovered, much more
A little sleuthing on the SEC’s SIM swap attack indicates that the mobile carrier involved in that incident is likely the one that accounted for 98% of the agency’s mobile phone spending in 2020. On January 9, the Twitter account of Gary Gensler, Chairman of the Securities and
Apple gears up for quantum computing with new defensive protocol, State Dept. ups rewards for LockBit gang info, Oz finance dept. beset by another data leak, Chinese nationals found guilty of defrauding Apple, PSI Software confirms ransomware attack, SSH-Snake hunts for private keys, much more
Treasury sanctions two LockBit members, Signal boosts phone number privacy, Oz ISP Tangerine hit by hackers, Fulton Co. confirms it did not pay LockBit, Severe flaw found in ScreenConnect servers, Alleged Medibank hacker busted by Russia, Joyce to leave NSA, 150,00 banking trojans dropped on Google Play, Tinder enhances
Alleged treasure trove of Chinese offensive operations leaked, FixedFloat exchange exploited for $26m, UK higher ed hit by DDoS attacks, Cactus gang claims 1.5TB data theft from Schneider Electric, Global defense sector targeted by DPRK, Zenlayer leak exposes 380 million records, much more